Xantrex HPD driver for LabVIEW 2009

I've seen there are other NI products that have drivers for the Xantrex HPD power supplies.
Does anyone have one that works for LabVIEW 2009 (or earlier)?
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OK. Got it.
Hyperterminal worked.
It verified that port settings and command syntax was correct.
ALL the programs in the LabVIEW examples don't get the CR function to the power supply. When I hard coded the CR function following the command (also hard coded) it worked. Xantrex (now Sorensen) manuals include NO simple examples - one just has to know from experience (catch 22) how to do it.
Of note also is that one must send a both voltage and current setting commands as both are zero by default. (If you send only one, nothing APPEARS to happen because the other is set to 0.) That also could have been included in a beginning example.
<end of rant>
THANKS for your help!

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